1 Corinthians 15:23
But this will happen to each in the right order--Christ having been the first to rise, and afterwards Christ's people rising at His return.
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
In Context
22For just as through Adam all die, so also through Christ all will be made alive again.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 15:20But, in reality, Christ *has* risen from among the dead, being the first to do so of those who are asleep.
2 Corinthians 10:7Is it outward appearances you look to? If any man is confident as regards himself that he specially belongs to Christ, let him consider again and reflect that just as he belongs to Christ, so also do we.
Galatians 5:24Against such things as these there is no law. Now those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified their lower nature with its passions and appetites.
1 Thessalonians 4:15For this we declare to you on the Lord's own authority--that we who are alive and continue on earth until the Coming of the Lord, shall certainly not forestall those who shall have previously passed away.
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 15:21-35
The Resurrection of Christ; The Resurrection of Saints. ( a. d. 57.) 20 But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept. 21 For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. 22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. 23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming. 24 Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he… Read the whole commentary →